{"title":"Povidone-Iodine may be the “Silver Bullet” in the Prevention and Control of Covid-19 Infection, Based on New Scientific Data","authors":"R. Persaud","doi":"10.33552/ojor.2020.03.000553","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The current Covid-19 pandemic is caused by a highly contagious novel coronavirus which originated from Wuhan China in 2019 [1]. Povidone-iodine (P-I) is known to have virucidal activity [2], that is far superior to any of the commonly used antiseptic agents, including chlorhexidine gluconate and benzalkonium choloride [3]. Previous in vitro studies have shown P-I to be effective against coronaviruses responsible for Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) [4] and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) [5]. Very recently, in vitro experiments have demonstrated that P-I is also virucidal against Covid-19 [6]. In my opinion, P-I is the new PPE and its topical usage in nose, oral cavity and pharynx is now one of the best ways to Flatten the Curve of Covid-19, especially in countries like USA, India and Brazil. Furthermore, P-I maybe the “silver bullet” in the prevention and control of Covid-19 infection, based on the recent in vitro studies [6] and personal observations in ENT clinical practice.","PeriodicalId":365490,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Otolaryngology and Rhinology","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Online Journal of Otolaryngology and Rhinology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ojor.2020.03.000553","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The current Covid-19 pandemic is caused by a highly contagious novel coronavirus which originated from Wuhan China in 2019 [1]. Povidone-iodine (P-I) is known to have virucidal activity [2], that is far superior to any of the commonly used antiseptic agents, including chlorhexidine gluconate and benzalkonium choloride [3]. Previous in vitro studies have shown P-I to be effective against coronaviruses responsible for Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) [4] and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) [5]. Very recently, in vitro experiments have demonstrated that P-I is also virucidal against Covid-19 [6]. In my opinion, P-I is the new PPE and its topical usage in nose, oral cavity and pharynx is now one of the best ways to Flatten the Curve of Covid-19, especially in countries like USA, India and Brazil. Furthermore, P-I maybe the “silver bullet” in the prevention and control of Covid-19 infection, based on the recent in vitro studies [6] and personal observations in ENT clinical practice.